Edward leaves Forks and Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Now, five years later, he finally returns to his family and the Pacific Northwest. While picking up his latest Swedish automobile, he is confronted by a very familiar scent. Will Edward be able to fight the pull his singer has on him a second time? Or will he stick around long enough to find out What Drives Her?

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~ What Drives Her has been nominated by you!! ~

-Nominated in the Sunflower Awards for "Best Vampire Story".

-Nominated for a Faithful Shipper Award for "Best Alternate Universe/Canon Story"!  (Update: TKegl got the well-deserved win for her story, "Beyond Time". I highly recommend reading it, if you haven't already!)

-Nominated for a Vampie for "Best AU Story" in the Newborn Round, Winter 2011.

-Nominated for a Shimmer Essence Award for "Best Dazzled Moment", in the 2010 Snowflake Quarter.

*If you know, or hear of, any other noms for this story, please feel free to send a DM my way as I'm not terribly active in the awards and contest circuit anymore.*

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What do you do when your biological clock is ticking? Uh? You hit up your best friend's brother for 'donations'.

Bella didn't like surprises. Her life was safe, predictable, and she knew what to expect until fate brought her breast cancer, and everything changed.  This is a story about love and hope because that's what life is all about.

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noun. An heir apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession. E/B. OOC.    

The Few. The Proud. The Strong. Returning Marine Edward Masino has spent the first years of his adult life embodying that motto. But as he moves back to the Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew up, he is introduced to a whole new code of ethics. He quickly learns that some rules cry out to be bent, but there are others that, if broken, will get him killed.

*Drama. Humor. Romance. Hurt. Friendship. Crime, you name it. It's listed Drama/Romance, but there are many facets. EVENTUAL Canon Couples (Rome wasn't built in a day) Edward/Bella.

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She's lost her muse. He's missing inspiration. When Bella and Edward meet, will they be able to heal the tattered pieces of their hearts? Or will they forever be alone?

What happens when dysfunction meets dysfunction? Neither Edward nor Bella are prepared when fate brings them together. Will they be able to overcome the odds and find happiness? Or will the ghosts of their past keep them apart? Canon coupling, but non-canon families. Dark themes, high emotion, and standing tissue alert. AH

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Bella leads a promiscuous life: no relationships, no last names, no numbers. After meeting a certain green-eyed man, she begins to break her carefully set up rules. In a steamy friendship both their pasts and insecurities will be revealed. Will Bella give in to love? And what will happen when the past catches up to her? A story about lust, love and trust. AH, rated NC-17 for a reason

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She is brilliant and beautiful, and well respected at a very young age in her field, but she is all alone. No family. No friends outside of work. He is alone by choice, punishing himself for the sins of his past, but he has family to give him strength. Will a chance encounter, and a daily trip out of her way lead her to the family and place of belonging she so craves? AH/AU MA

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Isabella Black lost her husband in the cruelest way possible. He wasted

away and was ravaged by the evil, silent killer, cancer. Five months after his initial diagnosis, he died, leaving Bella with their two young children, John, seven and Grace, five. A year after his death, Bella packs up her home in Phoenix and drives back to Forks, Washington to be closer to her family. Will she finally find a way to pick up the pieces with the help of her family, friends and a green-eyed cop?

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Bella, a good girl, was dumped by her long-time boyfriend. Edward, a young doctor, is feeling suffocated by his father's plans. Waking up next to a stranger is a shock for a good girl. Seeing the girl of your dreams run out on you the morning after sucks for a nice guy. What if two blue lines will bind the two together for life? What if they can't even remember how they came to be? AH

Edward and Bella run separate gun for hire groups, but are thrust together after the Swans move back to Chicago. The parents rekindle relationships and the new generation learn to share, but what will happen when their most threatening foe sees that together they pose an even bigger threat? Will Edward and Bella escape the Hunters in one piece? Rated M for violence & sexy goodness.

Bella's parents never split up, Renee never followed her dreams and escaped Forks. Thus, Bella has grown up in a constantly overcast small town with a police chief father and a mother who's checked out emotionally.  She's still the straight A student whose never met a boy who peaked her interest but she did find other ways to escape her suffocating life. 

Edward and the Cullens move back to Forks as they did previous to the first novel, only Bella is already there.  Edward is still a vampire with an Edwardian man's sensibilities, and he's still drawn inexorably to Bella, despite her pasttimes. 

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